Close, Henry M

Close, Henry M., a Methodist Episcopal minister, entered the North Ohio Conference in 1851, and became a member of the Central Ohio Conference when it was organized. He labored therein with much acceptability and usefulness until 1866, when he became superannuated, retiring to his farm on Pioneer Circuit, Toledo District, where he performed what ministerial work his health would permit. He died in the latter part of 1880. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1881, p. 321.